Closers in Major League Baseball have the highest leverage job in all of baseball. As a position player, there are times in your career where you are the last at bat in a huge spot that makes history but that environment is not what you expect every time you come to the plate. As a starter or middle reliever, there are high stakes scenarios that … Continue reading The Curious Life of MLB Closers
The Major League Baseball season is nearing its end and the playoff picture is becoming more clear across the league. Well mostly, because the American League Wild Card spots are far from settled. There are six teams that could make the playoffs by way of a wild card and in that league with just around with around 25 games left to play. It’s a good … Continue reading AL Wild Card Spots Are Wide Open
The College Football Playoff Board of Managers voted to expand the playoff system from four teams to 12 starting in 2026 when the current contract with ESPN ends. This is a huge boon for college football as since the CFP started, there have been sentiments that it is too exclusive having just four teams and doesn’t allow for any teams outside the Power 5 conferences … Continue reading 2021 12-Team College Football Playoff
The World Baseball Classic is a tournament that takes place every four years with teams from around the world. The last tournament took place in 2017 and as happened with everything else, the next iteration that was supposed to be played in 2021, was moved to 2023. The 2017 tournament brought a lot of attention and was a rousing success by all accounts. The first … Continue reading World Baseball Classic is Back in a Big Way
Ohio Stadium, home of The Ohio State Buckeyes, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this football season with a brand new field sponsor. The school put in new turf over the summer and with it a new sponsor logo will show up on the 25 yard line. Safelite Field as it will now be known for the foreseeable future, the first time that the venue as … Continue reading Historic Ohio Stadium Has New Field Sponsor
Ezekiel Elliott exploded onto the scene in the NFL when he was drafted in 2016. Coming off of an exceptional career at Ohio State in which he won a National Championship, Elliott was taken fourth overall by the Dallas Cowboys and promptly led the league in rushes (322), yards (1,631), and yards per game (108.7) to be named All-Pro. He got hurt in his sophomore … Continue reading Is Zeke Still One of the Best?
When you think volleyball you probably think of warm weather states, usually the southwest as the place for the best competition. You aren’t wrong, there are some great teams like Stanford, but arguably the best concentration of top tier collegiate volleyball programs is in the Midwest, in the Big Ten. On Top The Big Ten is considered one of if not the best conference in … Continue reading B1G Volleyball is the Pinnacle
The Ohio State University football team unveiled the Columbus NIL Club this afternoon, a subscription based club that provides content and experiences directly from the football players. This idea seems to be completely separate from the university, it’s the players that are running this show and asking for the money. The goal of the club is to be a revenue source for the Ohio State … Continue reading NIL Takes New Form With Ohio State Football Players
The announcement today of a brand new team golf league created by Tiger Woods and Rory Mcllroy puts a number of pieces into place surrounding the professional golf world. The TGL is an indoor stadium league that brings technology to the forefront with what looks to be fully simulated rounds of golf played in teams. This new format is a revolutionary addition to professional golf … Continue reading TGL: The Next Chapter in Pro Golf
Manti Te’o was at the same time one of the most inspirational athletes of his generation and one of the most ridiculed. Te’o, a fantastic football player from a small island in Hawaii, played unbelievably well in his senior year of college at Notre Dame, nearly winning the Heisman Trophy and riding the wave of his unshakable determination to play for his grandmother and girlfriend … Continue reading Manti Te’o is an Inspiration
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